FPV P-51D Mustang ”Gunfighter”

A while back HobbyKing started selling a 1600mm wingspan P-51D Mustang. I always loved the look of the P-51 Mustang and the Gunfighter paint scheme looks amazing. Trouble is there is no way that a 1600mm warbird is ever going to fit into my little Renault Clio. Neither would it fit in my workshop to even build it. So I put it out of my mind.

Time passed and I traveled to the US to stay with Chad, the creator of Flitetest. One day he came home with a bunch of big boxes. Imagine my surprise when one of the boxes contained a plane that I’ve been coveting for a long while. My face lit up and Chad seemed to have noticed it, as he asked me if I wanted to build the Mustang. -YEESSS!! I calmly responded. -And I’m going to put FPV on it!

Build time!
Opening the box

Everything in the box laid out. It’s a huge piece of foam awesomeness.

Paint job looks really nice.

Mounting servo horns.

Horns mounted on both the aileron and flaps.

Rudder horns.

Push-Pull system for the tail.

Elevator horn mounted.

One cool thing about this plane is that you don’t have to glue anything. Everything is mounted with screws.